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doorstep

2 verb
     
doorstep2 past tense and past participle doorstepped, present participle doorstepping [intransitive and transitive] British English
PPVTCN if politicians or journalists doorstep people, they visit people at their homes in order to get votes or information - often used to show disapproval:
Journalists had doorstepped the couple and their neighbours.
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abstain abstention adopt ballot ballot box by-election cloture constituency constituent deliver deposit deselect division doorstep elect election elective elector electoral electorate exit poll franchise general election lobby majority motion no plurality poll polling polling booth polling station pollster PR primary primary election proportional representation recount re-elect referendum resolution resolve return rig run run-off show of hands slate spoil sponsor(n) sponsor(v) stronghold suffrage teller vote vote of confidence voter ward write-in X yea yes

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